1986 (#13) - The shooting and killing of Turk and Shawn and the rescue of Lauren

Upon arrival in San Francisco, Paul, Andy and Jazz immediately set out on the trail of Lauren and Shawn. Helped by the police, who spot the two fugitives, Paul and Andy intercept the man, starting a furious shootout. The dramatic climax is only when the police arrive, helping Paul get the better of Shawn. Turk, mortally wounded, dies on the road, while Shawn, shot dead, dies on his way to the hospital carried by the ambulance. Before dying, a brazen Shawn reveals to a desperate Paul, who asks him to tell him where Lauren is, that the woman has only three hours to live. Jazz, Paul and Andy are desperate, not knowing where the woman is; it is only thanks to the help of psychic Tamra, to whom a desperate and hopeless Paul entrusts all his prayers, to reveal by phone where to find the woman. Paul thus arrives at the San Francisco cemetery where, next to Shawn's mother's grave, there is Lauren's grave. Paul understands that Shawn has buried Lauren alive and begins to dig furiously along with Jazz and Andy who do so in time to dig up the woman. All four of them, now exhausted, are happy to finally put this whole thing behind them.

1986 (#11) - Tamra's recovery, Shawn's insane plan and Turk's redemption

In Genoa City, meanwhile, Dr. Steve Walters is happily surprised to discover that Tamra has finally come out of her coma; evidently, the treatments are working. Upon awakening, the woman's first words are "Lauren" and "danger"; words that prompted Steve to warn Lauren's ex-husband, Paul. They, meanwhile, at the urging of Neil and Joanna, who are not resigned to the idea that Lauren may have abandoned her marriage and family of her own free will, discover things that are not honorable about Shawn and convince themselves to go and find out for themselves what's going on; with him, the inevitable Jazz and a fit Andy, who is convinced of Shawn's hand in her wound. The three of them fly to San Francisco, coordinated by Lieutenant Phil Parker, determined to bring Lauren home. In San Francisco, meanwhile, Lauren is struggling with Shawn's fury and madness, determined to end the woman's life just like he did with hs mother in the past. Lauren finds herself tied up in Shawn's country house, which he has sprinkled with gasoline; however, when Shawn orders his trusty Turk to set the fire, he refuses to commit such a cruel murder and rebels against Shawn, putting him on the run and saving Lauren. Brought to safety by Turk, Lauren soon realizes that Shawn's homicidal mania has certainly not subsided and that he is in pursuit of them; frightened, Turk, while reassuring Lauren that he will do everything possible to save her, asks Shawn for forgiveness for disobeying him and finally manages to convince Shawn not to kill him.

1986 (#4) - Lauren's captivity, Shawn's aggression, and Andy's injury

The start of the forced move into Shawn's house, for Lauren, was only the first episode of what would soon turn into a nightmare. As time went by, Shawn became more and more possessive and violent towards Lauren, turning his house into a real prison for the woman, who was soon prevented from going out and even meeting her parents, who were increasingly worried about her daughter's strange behaviour. All this, for the fear that the woman might meet up with Paul. Shawn's aggressiveness soon begins to scare the hell out of poor Lauren, who realizes that the man is suffering from a real psychosis and is therefore dealing with a crazy person. Meanwhile, Paul's belief that Shawn is hiding something vanishes more and more, partly because Shawn himself is doing everything he can to make Paul believe that the decision to abandon him was made voluntarily by the woman. Meanwhile, she realizes with great desperation that she is pregnant with Paul, an event that could put both her life and her husband's at risk. Lauren tries every way to get in touch with Paul, but Shawn prevents her from doing so; and convinced that the time has come to eliminate the man, Shawn calls Turk and warns him to take action. Meanwhile, Andy introduces Farren to his old friend Paul, not suspecting that Turk is secretly ready to collude. A first shot from Turk misses the target, but just enough to scare Farren and alert both Andy and Paul, who responds to the fire. A second bullet from Turk aimed at Paul does not end in vain this time, but it mistakenly hits Andy, who, wounded, falls to the ground in a pool of blood. Farren and Paul, thus, run to the hospital, where Andy is admitted to intensive care halfway between life and death under the care of Dr. Hank Steele.

1985 (#25) - Paul and Lauren's separation and moving in with Shawn

Willing to do anything to possess Lauren, mind, body and soul, Shawn, after eliminating Danny from Lauren's life, and causing the break-up with Neil and Gina just as Lauren desired, decides to focus on his main rival, Paul. Having spied on Paul for a long time, Shaw knows the man pretty well. Knowing that Lauren comes from a wealthy family as opposed to Paul, and assuming he can't afford to give his wife many gifts, Shawn begins to storm with Lauren's jewelry, roses and dresses, including a diamond and an expensive fur coat. Lauren, positively impressed by Shawn's thoughts, at least at first, soon begins to worry about making sure the man doesn't misunderstand her feelings for him. When Lauren then makes it clear to Shawn that she is happily married, the man puts on a good face and shows complete understanding. Shawn, in fact, relies heavily on Lauren and Paul being more and more distant, Paul being disappointed by the behavior of the woman who seems to neglect him more and more. Lauren warns that there are problems in the couple and inadvertently seeks an outlet with the least suitable person, Shawn himself, who can't wait to take advantage of them. The man, thus, continues to pour all his attentions towards Lauren, becoming practically a stalker and alarming Lauren, who however does not ask for any help, nor informs Paul of the situation. Becoming more and more impatient to have Lauren for himself, but now she doesn't trust his courting anymore, in the end he threatens Paul; in fact he informs Lauren that he hired a serial killer, Turk Muscat, to kill Paul if she hadn't accepted to leave her house with Paul to go and live with her. Forced to accept, Lauren thus leaves a desperate letter to Paul in which she tells him that she does not love him and wants to divorce him. Carl and Neil are dismayed to learn from Paul about Lauren's sudden decision to move out and are convinced that something must be going on. Lauren, meanwhile, is convinced that she must confess the whole truth to Paul about the danger she's in, but Shawn carefully manages to prevent Lauren from meeting her husband, preventing any attempt at contact. Lauren, determined to see Paul, thus gives him an appointment in the one place that Shawn finds difficult to control, the Church. On Christmas Eve, then, Paul finds himself at the church for the ceremony in search of Lauren, who is anxiously awaiting him in the pews. By his side, however, comes Shawn, who without saying a word to him shows her that he understands his plan. Desperate, Lauren struggles to hold back her tears next to a Shawn who is happy to know that Paul will attend the scene with her at his side, proving that Lauren would leave him to be with him. In fact, Paul sits in church with his mother just a few pews behind him and for the entire exercise Paul watches Lauren, concluding that he has never seen her so sad. Paul then convinces himself that there must be something behind her estrangement and promises to find out.